“I’m going to be a football player in the NFL”.
We’ve all been that second grader.
Answering our teacher when asked about our future vocation aspirations.
And that’s the angle this blog series is set to explore.
Tom Brady has 13 total transaction logs listed on his pro-football reference page.
He played for two decades and 250 players weren’t even alive when he was drafted in 2000.
And a lot of that was just deflate gate proceedings.
This is… not exactly the same experience of other players.
Our guy today - T.Y.
McGill - is on the complete other end of that spectrum.
No player in NFL history has more transaction logs than his 114.
Fact checkers can fact checkhere.
But let’s get a better idea of how insane this is.
Here’s a histogram for any player with at least 10 career transactions.
I mean, 75 career transactions is crazy.
Even 50 is crazy!
How on earth does someone get into the Mariana Triple Digit Trench?
McGill’s agent:
“So, You made It As An NFL Agent?”
will have to be a blog series for another day.
Right now we begin our journey through each and every one of T.Y.
McGill’s 114 career transactions.
Let’s fire up the ole blue screen computer and get this going.
We’ll start with the first nine transactions covering McGill’s first two seasons.
2015/2016
Transaction #1
Holy shit it happened!
Just like that, the dream was back on.
He officially made it to the NFL.
Cirlce September 13th on the calendar baby.
Transaction #2:
September 5th - Waived
Whoops.
The whole final cuts thing they do every year.
Luckily that hell only lasts a day as the Colts scooped him up on the 6th of September.
That’s the life in the early years of the NFL.
But for players able to make it to year 3, things should improve.
2016 - Year Three (Part 1/2)
McGill starts his third season the way he started his first.
The Cleveland Browns continued the cylce of abuse of activating/de-activating through the first couple months of the season.
Tough times don’t last.
Certainly, someone in the Cleveland office figured out a coffee cup was sitting on the “de-activate/activate T.Y.
McGill” button at this point in the season.
2016 - Year Three (Part 2/2)
Jesus.
32 freaking transac….
Whoops.
Let’s pause for a quick recap.
At this point, T.Y.
McGill is three seasons in as a pro in the NFL.
Imagine moving from Cleveland to Kansas City for some promotion.
Years 5 - 9
Alright, let’s just rip the Band-Aid and get on with this.
Here’s transaction 62 through 114.
My favorite log is the last one.
It’s not even his.
It’s very clearly for fellow DL Austin Bryant.
So in reality, McGill really only has 113 transactions.
At least, for now.
And that’s the crazy part (well another crazy part).
He’s still in the league.
Or was last year at least.
Let’s compile McGill’s career stats as it stands now through 57 total game appearances.
So what do we learn from all this?
Was it really worth making the NFL to have to deal with all this BS?
Take that second grade teacher.
McGill struggling to keep his name above his locker.
Even one that incurred just as many OFFICIAL logs if you take away the final miss-entry.
Who else had 113 total career transactions?
That’s a story for another blog.
